Paper Info
Title
A case similarity metric for software reuse and design
Abstract
When the idea of software reuse appeared in 1968, new horizons for software design were open. But some major problems appeared and most of the expectations were not met. One of the problems encountered is the selection of the right software component. This is related not only to the similarity between the desired functionality and the function delivered by the retrieved software component, but also to the effort needed to modify the chosen component to accommodate the desired functionality. Most of the research done in the case-based reasoning area has been in developing accurate and efficient retrieval algorithms. We think that case-based reasoning retrieval concepts and ideas can be successfully applied to software reuse. In this article we propose a metric to assess similarity between software cases supported on functional and behavioral knowledge. One important aspect of this metric is that reusability is taken into account to estimate the amount of effort needed to reuse retrieved software cases. We also present experimental work that shows that similarity at the functional level is the most important aspect of the similarity metric proposed.
Year
DOI
Venue
2001
10.1017/S0890060401151061
AI EDAM
Keywords
Field
DocType
case similarity,software component,case-based reasoning retrieval concept,efficient retrieval algorithm,software reuse,software case,software design,chosen component,important aspect,case-based reasoning area,right software component,case base reasoning,case based reasoning
Software design description,Systems engineering,Computer science,Component-based software engineering,Software metric,Software construction,Software verification and validation,Software sizing,Software development,Software framework
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
15
1
0890-0604
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
3
0.50
8
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Paulo Gomes1566.95
Carlos Bento220119.84